{"id":39243,"date":"2014-03-17T09:39:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T16:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=39243"},"modified":"2014-03-17T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T16:39:53","slug":"daily-news-flash-with-courtney-morris-on-crimea-vote-obama-censorship-and-boycotts-of-st-patricks-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2014\/03\/17\/daily-news-flash-with-courtney-morris-on-crimea-vote-obama-censorship-and-boycotts-of-st-patricks-day-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Flash with Courtney Morris on Crimea Vote, Obama Censorship, and Boycotts of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140317Uprising\/2014_03_17_newsflash_morris.mp3\">Listen to this segment with Courtney Morris <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20140317Uprising\/2014_03_17_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program with Host Sonali Kolhatkar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/dailynewsflash.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Uprising\u2019s guest expert Courtney Morris, assistant professor of African American and women\u2019s Studies at Penn State University and a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University, analyzes today\u2019s news headlines:<\/p>\n<p>Crimeans overwhelmingly vote to join Russia in a popular referendum. More than 95% of Crimeans voted yesterday in favor of seceding from Ukraine and becoming a part of Russia. The Crimean parliament followed by formally declaring its independence from Ukraine this morning. President Obama told Russian President Putin that the vote &#8220;would never be recognized&#8221; by the US. The EU has joined the US in calling the vote &#8220;illegal and illegitimate.&#8221; President Obama is in the middle of giving a major speech about Ukraine as we speak and has just announced sanctions against Russia. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/mar\/17\/ukraine-crimea-russia-referendum-complain-result\">Click here<\/a> to read a Guardian newspaper article about the story. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press has released a new analysis of federal data showing that the Obama administration has, more than any other government before it, &#8220;censored government files or outright denied access to them,&#8221; in response to Freedom of Information Act requests. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy said he was &#8220;concerned [that] the growing trend toward relying upon FOIA exemptions to withhold large swaths of government information is hindering the public&#8217;s right to know.&#8221; President Obama vowed his administration would be the most transparent in history when he first took office. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/03\/16\/obama-national-security-records_n_4976597.html\">Click here<\/a> to read the AP analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today is St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. The long-standing tradition of prohibiting gays and lesbians from openly marching in parades marking this day may be in its final days. A number of prominent beer companies including Sam Adams, Heineken, and Guinness have dropped their sponsorships of New York City&#8217;s St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade. And, Mayor Bill De Blasio and the entire New York City Council have decided to boycott their own city&#8217;s parade. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will also be skipping his city&#8217;s St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade for the same reason. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/lgbt\/2014\/03\/17\/3411241\/guinness-heineken-parade\/ \">Click here<\/a> to read a Think Progress report about the story. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uprising\u2019s guest expert Courtney Morris, assistant professor of African American and women\u2019s Studies at Penn State University and a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University, analyzes today\u2019s news headlines: Crimeans overwhelmingly vote to join Russia in a popular referendum. 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